TVR Reliability Beats Toyota (Again!)
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A little story to make my TVR mates smile 
Our cars often come in for a lot of stick, but its worth putting reliability into some sort of perspective.
Just back from a couple of weeks somewhere warmer and my 3 year old Toyota Prius is dead as a Dodo.
It did the same trick a while back, needed a new £200 starter battery to get it moving again.
The AA man ran a test on this 13 month old battery and confirmed its beyond recovery.
Seems you cant leave a Prius for longer than 10 days without it needing a new £200 battery.
So I conclude having a Prius makes your holidays £200 more expensive .... nice!
Before you ask the lights ect were all off, this is a parasitic drain that beats the TVR drain hands down.
The battery which looks like a tiny 6 volt motorcycle battery, is "you guessed it", only available from a Toyota dealer.
My local Toyota dealer opens again next Wednesday
Needing some groceries I resorted to the most reliable car in the fleet.
The Chim! She started first turn of the key
Who said TVR's are unreliable?
"The car in front is a TVR"
Happy New Year to you all.
Dave.
PS: It always amazes me how much shopping you can get in the boot
Our cars often come in for a lot of stick, but its worth putting reliability into some sort of perspective.
Just back from a couple of weeks somewhere warmer and my 3 year old Toyota Prius is dead as a Dodo.
It did the same trick a while back, needed a new £200 starter battery to get it moving again.
The AA man ran a test on this 13 month old battery and confirmed its beyond recovery.
Seems you cant leave a Prius for longer than 10 days without it needing a new £200 battery.
So I conclude having a Prius makes your holidays £200 more expensive .... nice!
Before you ask the lights ect were all off, this is a parasitic drain that beats the TVR drain hands down.
The battery which looks like a tiny 6 volt motorcycle battery, is "you guessed it", only available from a Toyota dealer.
My local Toyota dealer opens again next Wednesday
Needing some groceries I resorted to the most reliable car in the fleet.
The Chim! She started first turn of the key
Who said TVR's are unreliable?
"The car in front is a TVR"
Happy New Year to you all.
Dave.
PS: It always amazes me how much shopping you can get in the boot
Edited by Chimpafrolic on Sunday 2nd January 19:46
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